Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is one of our editorial interns and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Marilyn Vann becomes the first person of Freedmen status in Cherokee Nation government
By Brian Oaster
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-marilyn-vann-becomes-the-first-freedmen-in-cherokee-nation-government
How community control of housing and land can help solve the housing crisis
Jessica Kutz
hcn.org/articles/south-communities-could-collective-ownership-of-housing-and-land-help-solve-the-housing-crisis
Where do public lands factor into the homelessness crisis?
By Sarah Tory
hcn.org/issues/53.10/south-public-lands-where-do-public-lands-factor-into-the-homelessness-crisis
Collecting seeds to restore prairie grasslands
By Kylie Mohr
hcn.org/issues/53.10/north-prairies-collecting-seeds-to-restore-prairie-grasslands
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S.. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is one of our editorial interns and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Marilyn Vann becomes the first person of Freedmen status in Cherokee Nation government
By Brian Oaster
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-marilyn-vann-becomes-the-first-freedmen-in-cherokee-nation-government
How community control of housing and land can help solve the housing crisis
Jessica Kutz
hcn.org/articles/south-communities-could-collective-ownership-of-housing-and-land-help-solve-the-housing-crisis
Where do public lands factor into the homelessness crisis?
By Sarah Tory
hcn.org/issues/53.10/south-public-lands-where-do-public-lands-factor-into-the-homelessness-crisis
Collecting seeds to restore prairie grasslands
By Kylie Mohr
hcn.org/issues/53.10/north-prairies-collecting-seeds-to-restore-prairie-grasslands
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S.. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
